Table 3
Moisture, color value and particle diameter of spray-dried powders from unripe fig extract

Samples1) Moisture (%) Hunter's color valulues Particle diameter (μm)
L a b
F-MD 5 2.59±0.01b2) 80.31±0.02c 8.91±0.01a 4.79±0.01b 22.18±0.32d
F-MD 10 2.60±0.01b 82.68±0.02b 7.47±0.01b 4.41±0.01c 26.58±0.01c
F-MD 20 2.65±0.01a 86.22±0.03a 5.66±0.01c 4.18±0.01c 37.33±0.15b
F-FD 1.47±0.01c 68.79±0.63d 7.57±0.26b 11.81±0.25a 209.67±3.29a
F-MD 5, spray-dried powder with 5% maltodextrin; F-MD 10, spray-dried powder with 10% maltodextrin; F-MD 20, spray-dried powder with 20% maltodextrin; F-FD, freeze-dried powder from unripe fig extract; MT, meat tenderizer.
All values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript (a-d) in the same column are significantly different at p 0.05.